A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs...

An anti-proverb or a perverb is the transformation of a standard proverb for humorous effect. Paremiologist Wolfgang Mieder defines them as "parodied,...

"Curiosity killed the cat" is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation. It also implies that being curious...

Look up proverb, byspel, proverbial, or Proverbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated...

generalizations and thus a particular proverb will have specific situations where it is not applicable. Knowing when a proverb is inapplicable is part of the...

lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail. "For want of a nail" is a proverb, having numerous variations over several centuries, reminding that seemingly...

your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech. The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession...

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip is an English proverb. It implies that even when a good outcome or conclusion seems certain, things can...

Proverb Gabriel Jacobs, Jr. (May 25, 1935 – April 18, 2016) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL)...

A Japanese proverb (諺, ことわざ, kotowaza) may take the form of: a short saying (言い習わし, iinarawashi), an idiomatic phrase (慣用句, kan'yōku), or a four-character...

"It takes a village to raise a child" is a proverb that means that an entire community of people must provide for and interact positively with children...

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" is a proverb or aphorism. An alternative form is "Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of...

on local culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life. The word proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain, kasabihan (saying) and sawikain...

Blood is thicker than water is a proverb in English meaning that familial bonds will always be stronger than other relationships. The oldest record of...

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often...

Any port in a storm is a proverb that loosely means that when someone is in trouble they cannot wait for the perfect solution. The phrase has been used...

Proverb is a musical composition by Steve Reich for three sopranos, two tenors, two vibraphones, and two electric organs. It sets a text by Ludwig Wittgenstein...

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a common English-language proverb that appeared in the 19th century, advocating for the consumption of apples...

"Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture...

homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning literally "Man to man is wolf". It is used to refer to situations...

31:10–31: the ideal wise woman (elsewhere called the "woman of substance"). "Proverb" is a translation of the Hebrew word mashal, but "mashal" has a wider range...

John Francis Davis' 1823 Chinese Moral Maxims, Paul Hubert Perny's 1869 Proverbes Chinois, and Justus Doolittle's 1872 Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese...

Birds of a feather flock together is an English proverb. The meaning is that beings (typically humans) of similar type, interest, personality, character...

important proverbs highlighted: English proverb index. Hippocrene Books, 1995. Permiakov, Grigoriĭ Lʹvovich. From proverb to Folk-tale: Notes on the general...

until) the fat lady sings" is a colloquialism which is often used as a proverb. It means that one should not presume to know the outcome of an event which...

doveryay, no proveryay, IPA: [dəvʲɪˈrʲæj no prəvʲɪˈrʲæj]) is a Russian proverb, which rhymes in Russian. The phrase became internationally known in English...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Only the good die young" is an English proverb, and it may also refer to: "Only the Good Die Young", a 1977 song by Billy...

The expression cart before the horse is an idiom or proverb used to suggest something is done contrary to the natural or normally effective sequence of...

run deep in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Still waters run deep is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides...

evil". In Buddhist tradition, the tenets of the proverb are about not dwelling on evil thoughts. The proverb and the image are often used to refer to a lack...